(CMR) A US woman was killed by a shark while paddleboarding in the Bahamas on Monday, less than a mile off the shore of New Providence island.
The woman (44) was reportedly paddleboarding with a male relative near the back of the Sandals resort, about three-quarters of a mile out to sea, when she was attacked. The male relativewas not injured
A lifeguard responded on a rescue boat, and CPR was administered but the injuries to the right side of her body were too severe, police said.
The incident came just days after a Mexican woman swimming with her young daughter was killed after being bitten in the leg by a shark on the country's Pacific coast, according to BBC.
Several other recent shark attacks have also taken place in the Bahamas. A 47-year-old German woman went missing after encountering a shark last month and, in June, a US woman had to have her leg amputated after being attacked by a shark while Scuba diving.
Statistics from the Florida-based International Shark Attack File show that only about 32 unprovoked shark attacks have been reported in the Bahamas since 1749. Globally, the odds of being killed by a shark are about 1 in 4.3m. There were 57 confirmed unprovoked shark attacks globally in 2022, as well as 32 provoked ones.
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